NUTS-3 FRC13 · France
Saône-et-Loire
Export region data (CSV)Saône-et-Loire generates €18bn of GDP across 548.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (72.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (26th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38.4
Livability43.9
Market access45
Economic scale80
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
64.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability85
Labour stability56
Diversification77
Demographic stability40
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
30.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density36
Airport access10
Market access45
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
53
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary63
Lifelong learning63
Knowledge workers63
Scientists & engineers23
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
67.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.1 µg/m³
PM1012.4 µg/m³
NO212.4 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
43.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41.5
Jobs26
Education36
Health72.5
Safety36.7
Connectivity26
Environment68.3
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
38.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.8 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 25.8%Diversified · HHI 2094
Agriculture 4.2%Industry 20.7%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 16.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.5%Public · health · education 25.8%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,487M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€700M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,418M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,097M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — construction (F)
€1,137M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,784M
2024 · EU pctl 74
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,100
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 41
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,700
2024 · EU pctl 46
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€12,851M
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,525M
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€28,666M
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,573M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — information & communication (J)
€161M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,198M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,251M
2024 · EU pctl 83
Labour market
Employment, total persons
218,200
2024 · EU pctl 76
Self-employed persons
28,300
2024 · EU pctl 69
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,200
2024 · EU pctl 72
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.3%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,588
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise births
4,492
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise deaths
3,556
2023 · EU pctl 81
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.8%
2023 · EU pctl 83
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.1%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.8%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
12.3%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.3%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.3%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,104,650
2025 · EU pctl 71
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,406
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
256
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
112
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
311,970
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged 65+
153,240
2025 · EU pctl 89
Population aged under 15
83,634
2025 · EU pctl 82
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
49.1%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Live births
4,094
2024 · EU pctl 79
Deaths
6,788
2024 · EU pctl 86
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
75.9%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
2024 · EU pctl 88
Population density (persons per km²)
64 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 24
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.4%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
633 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
864 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
227 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
388 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,125 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
62 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
357 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 72
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 23
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 50
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 30
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